5 Greatest Hits Delivered By Jack Tatum

Why did football overtake baseball during the early to mid-90s as America’s sport?

Violence.

As baseball became the pure sport where teams weren’t brawling over plays at third base or getting into bloody brawls over head hunting, football quickly became a destination for a society that was becoming more and more violent.

Don’t believe us? Look up the pay-per-view numbers when cage fighting started appearing in the mid-to-late 90s. Look at the boxing pay-per-view numbers when Mike Tyson was putting opponents into retirement.